micrometers

[Satatic]

I just bought a set of micrometers http://www.centraltools.com/all_images/products/3M113cat.jpg. They 0-3inch( one is 0-1 inch, next is 1-2 inch, last one is 2-3 inch) and move in graduations of .0001. So umm, how do I read them? How do I say .0001 is that ten thousandths of an inch? What I really needed was something that reads in graduations of .001 but these should do that right? What is .001 is that one thousandth of an inch? .01 is one hundreth? .1 is one tenth? So many questions.

[dternst]

.1 = tenths of an inch
.01 = hundredths of an inch
.001 = thousandths of an inch
.0001 = ten-thousandths of an inch
.00001 = hundred-thousanths of an inch

Tricks of the trade... (http://www.woodjig.com/Gage%20tips.htm)

Reading micrometers... (http://www.hastingsmfg.com/Service%20Tips/micrometer.htm)

How to read Inch Micrometers... (http://www.mitutoyo.com/catalog/pdf/L-03.pdf#search='how%20to%20use%20micrometers')

I just performed a search on Yahoo using the following: "How to read micrometers".

Good luck,

David

[Satatic]

I just performed a search on Yahoo using the following: "How to read micrometers".

Good luck,

David

I did not even think of that, but those links really helped out a lot. Just looking at the examples cleared it up big time, thanks.